Product Owner

About the role

No H1B sponsorship. Hybrid role requiring approximately 2‑3 days on‑site per week (3 days a week as noted). Seeking local candidates. The project aims to improve the end‑to‑end legal contract process through process improvements, technical enhancements, system integrations, marketing/branding‑related changes, and AI integration into contract management workflows. The new Product Owner will own day‑to‑day project execution, drive progress across workstreams, help manage stakeholder alignment, and ensure requirements and deliverables move forward efficiently. Timeline: target start date early October, initial period of approximately 3 months with potential extension to 6‑9 months based on project needs.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely and own day‑to‑day project execution.
• Drive progress across various workstreams.
• Help manage stakeholder alignment.
• Ensure requirements and deliverables move forward efficiently.
• Coordinate with the Legal Team – assist the team (not accustomed to Agile delivery methods or project governance), facilitate requirements gathering and project coordination.
• Support work involving Agiloft's Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform – manage collaboration with implementation partners and vendors.
• Support implementation of Agiloft AI capabilities.
• Handle internal integration work and cross‑functional coordination – collaborate with business and commercial teams, manage activities across multiple stakeholders and initiatives simultaneously.

Requirements

• MUST: At least 10+ years of experience with significant Product Owner or Project Management experience and ability to work at a senior stakeholder level.
• MUST: Strong communication skills to communicate effectively across business and technical teams; work closely with legal stakeholders, build relationships and maintain alignment across multiple groups.
• MUST: Assist in requirement gathering; define and document business processes; help clarify project scope and deliverables, and map requirements into actionable work.
• MUST: Ability to operate independently, require minimal oversight, drive initiatives forward without heavy management, execute effectively once objectives are established.
• MUST: Ability to navigate ambiguity, solve issues proactively, coordinate stakeholders and remove obstacles.
• PREFERRED: Prior experience supporting legal organizations or legal technology projects.
• PREFERRED: Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) processes.
• PREFERRED: Experience with Agiloft CLM.
• PREFERRED: Familiarity with Agiloft AI functionality.
• PREFERRED: Ability to work on‑site approximately 2‑3 days per week to facilitate collaboration with the Legal team and strengthen stakeholder engagement.

Schedule

Hybrid arrangement: expected on‑site presence 2‑3 days per week (approximately 3 days a week as noted).